Obama Launches Task Force To Examine Police-Community Relations
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 04: Hundreds of protestors gather at Foley Square in New York on December 04, 2014. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) In the aftermath of ongoing nationwide...
View ArticleFerguson Prosecutor Admits To Letting Liar Testify Before Darren Wilson Grand...
Under increasing outrage and public pressure about how a woman who clearly lied on the stand was allowed to testify before the grand jury investigating the police killing of an unarmed teen, the St....
View ArticleFerguson PO Suspended After Calling Mike Brown Memorial “Trash,” And Then...
On Christmas night, one of the two memorials set up for slain teen Michael Brown was destroyed by a driver who many believe ran it over intentionally. The memorial was set up in the middle of the...
View ArticleGrand Juror Files Suit Against St. Louis Prosecutor, Says He Misrepresented...
A grand juror is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (pictured) for allegedly mischaracterizing Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson’s case before the panel, according to a report...
View ArticleSt. Louis County Police Tracking Down Ferguson Looters
Surveillance footage of a looter in Ferguson, Mo., on Nov. 24. (St. Louis County Police) St. Louis County, Mo., police are still looking to arrest looters who took to the streets in November after a...
View ArticleConservative Black Sheriff Applauds DOJ Darren Wilson Decision, Slams Rights...
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke (Fox News Screenshot) A day after it was announced that the U.S. Department of Justice is unlikely to pursue a civil rights case against ex-Ferguson, Mo., Officer...
View Article#Ferguson Activist Tef Poe: We Had Little Faith In The DOJ And Federal...
The New York Times is reporting that Justice Department lawyers will recommend that no federal civil rights charges be filed against former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson who shot and killed...
View ArticleSt. Louis Cops Threaten Slowdown Over Civilian Oversight Board [VIDEO]
St. Louis police clash with residents at a city hall meeting over the establishment of a civilian oversight board. (YouTube Screenshot) A St. Louis, Mo., police union official says officers would quit...
View Article“Turn Down” For Ferguson? Leaders Seek Help From Students Over Spring Break
Demonstrators remember Michael Brown with a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march from the apartment complex where he was killed to the Ferguson police station on January 19, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri....
View ArticleRapper Talib Kweli, Activists Distribute Over $100,000 To Ferguson Groups
Talib Kweli (Courtesy of Talib Kweli’s official website) In an effort to provide economic support to activists on the front lines of protests against police violence in Ferguson, Mo., rapper Talib...
View ArticleJustice Department Working On Lawsuit Against Ferguson Police
Sources tell CNN the Justice Department is working on a lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri, police department over a pattern of racially discriminatory tactics used by officers, if the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Michael Brown’s Parents Weigh In After DOJ Says Darren Wilson Did...
JOSHUA LOTT/Getty UPDATED Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 3:21 p.m. EST – Michael Brown, Jr.‘s parents Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown, Sr. had the following to say in a statement released by their...
View ArticleFerguson Cops, Courts Targeted African-Americans To Increase Revenue [VIDEO]
Your browser does not support iframes. It’s no secret that slavery didn’t end after the Civil War and instead evolved into something known as Slave Codes. The laws were designed to maintain the same...
View ArticleState Judge Takes Over Ferguson Municipal Courts — The Gravy Train Is Dead
Ferguson, Missouri, August 19, 2014. (Photo by Joe Raedle) In further fallout from the recently released Department of Justice report into the corrupt and racist court and police system of Ferguson...
View ArticleFerguson City Manager Out, Latest Casualty Of DOJ Report
Ferguson, MO Police (Photo by Scott Olson) Looks like Ferguson continues to clean house. In the latest fallout from the Department of Justice report that shone a blinding light on racially biased...
View ArticleDarren Wilson Surfaces At Ferguson Area Fundraiser
Source: Handout / Getty Former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson emerged (or crawled from under a rock) this weekend at a Trivia-night fundraiser for Hunt For Justice, a local pro-police group that...
View ArticleThe Black Lives Matter Movement Doesn’t Need Perfect Symbols
Source: Charlottesville Police I’m no longer certain what’s more taxing: Having to write about yet another unarmed Black person experiencing excessive, brutal force from law enforcement, or having to...
View ArticleFerguson Area Police Agree Not To Use Tear Gas Against Protesters
A demonstrator, protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown, scrambles for cover as police fire tear gas on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson...
View ArticleEmails From Ferguson DOJ Report Released, And They Ain’t Pretty
Source: (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) / Getty After a public records request from The Washington Post, the city of Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday evening released the actual,...
View ArticleFerguson Election Results: Two New Black Members On Council, Voter Turnout...
Your browser does not support iframes. The racial make up of Ferguson’s city council changed significantly on Tuesday, with two African Americans, Ella Jones and Wesley Bell, elected to office,...
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